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ordinary share

American  

noun

  1. British. a share of common stock.


Etymology

Origin of ordinary share

First recorded in 1865–70

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Meanwhile, earnings per ordinary share are expected to range from a decline of 2.6% to an increase of 6.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Dividends are to increase by 1.20 euros per share, rising to 8.70 euros per ordinary share and to 8.76 euros per preferred share.

From Reuters Mar. 3, 2023

I admired, more than I enjoyed, this folk-horror fable set in the lush rural landscapes of 19th-century Macedonia, where the supernatural and the ordinary share a fraught coexistence.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2022

The CD&R private equity group won the auction early in October with an offer of 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.

From BBC Oct. 19, 2021

True, she was a woman, destined it would seem to suffer—perhaps with a more than ordinary share of that suffering which falls to her sex.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms

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